 LISC SLP members work crowd control as the colors are presented. |
 Bowling Green K-Kids President Sofia Passariello and her family finish the walk. |
 LISC SLP members volunteer at the Alzheimer’s Walk |
Kicking off a new school year, the Service Leadership Club of the Long Island South Central Division continued its long-standing tradition of supporting the Alzheimer's Walk at the Old Bethpage Restoration Village. K-Kids, Builders Club, Key Clubs and Aktion Clubs woke up early on the first Saturday of the 2014-15 school year to help set-up and run the annual walk organized by the Alzheimer's Disease Resource Center of Long Island. As they have for the past 10 years, the SLPs members marked the walk course, carried materials to where they were needed, set up and emptied trash containers, assisted at registration tables, worked crowd control and, manned the water stations.
Participating SLPs included the Bowling Green K-Kids, WT Clarke Builders Club, the East Meadow High School Key Club, the Macarthur High School Key Club, the West Hempstead High School Key Club, the Uniondale High School Key Club, the WT Clarke Key Club and the East Meadow Aktion Club. Uniondale Key Club had the greatest number of volunteers with WT Clarke Builders Club a close second.
In addition to providing the bulk of the volunteer work force running the walk, the LISC SLPs also donated over $500 to the cause.
Alzheimer's Disease Resource Center Executive Director Maryann Ragona praised the K-Kids, Builders Club, Key Clubs and Aktion Club for their efforts during her opening remarks. "Without the young people of Kiwanis, this walk would simply not be possible.” she told the crowd. “Kiwanis and its K-family has been with us since our first walk in Eisenhower Park. Over a decade later, year after year, these young people are still here doing everything and anything to make this event as success.”
“Despite the difficulties of motivating school-based clubs after only three days of school, I am proud to say Key Club Division 6 along with the Bowling Green K-Kids and WT Clarke Builders Club always find a way to get some members here every year,” commended LISC Service Leadership Chair Lt. Gov.-Designate Rich Santer. "This year, our Key Club Lt. Governor Zainab is away at a District Board meeting. I applaud her for her recruiting effort prior to her departure and thank Division EA Daniel Ruano and Divisional Secretary Allie Michaelis for taking charge in the Lt. Governor’s absence,” he said.
(Posted September 7, 2014)
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